His research interests are: management and organization of service organizations, the contribution of strategic human resource management to service performance in public and non-profit organizations, leadership and motivation in (public) organizations, employability, age-related policies, changes in employment relations and organization. He conducted research in various sectors of industry, including the civil service, municipalities, police, elderly care, hospitals, secondary education, public transport, financial services and the graphical and media industries.

He was lecturer and associate professor at the department of General Social Sciences of Utrecht University, teaching mainly in the field of work and organization, employment relations and management. From the start in 2000 he has been involved in setting up the department of Public Administration and Organizational Science. Since 2002 he is full professor at the Utrecht University School of Governance.

As one of his research interests concerns industrial relations governance in Europe, he was visiting senior fellow at the Business School of Warwick University (UK) in 1993. He participated in various international research projects funded by the European Commission. These include: ‘Learning in partnership: responding to the restructuring of the European steel and metal sectors’ (2001-2005) , ‘The social regulation of European transnational companies’ (2004-2007), ' Social dialogue and public services in the aftermath of the economic crisis' (2011-2013) and 'New challenges for public services social dialogue' (2013-2015).He is member of the Editorial Panel of the European Journal of Industrial Relations, and co-chair of the Study Group Public Personnel Policies of the European Group for Public Administration.He coordinates and participates in executive training in the field of leadership and strategic HRM in the public and nonprofit sector.

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International publications since 2000

Articles

Leisink, P.L.M., Knies, E. & Van Loon, N. (2018). Does public service motivation matter? A study of participation in various volunteering domains. International Public Management Journal.

Van Loon, N.M., Andersen, L., Kjeldsen, A., Vandenabeele, W.V., Leisink, P.L.M. (2016) Only when the societal impact is high? A panel study of the relationship between public service motivation and perceived performance, Review of Public Personnel Administration, DOI:10.1177/0734371X16639111

Van Loon, N. M., Vandenabeele, W. and Leisink, P. (2015). Clarifying the relationship between public service motivation and in-role and extra-role behaviours: The relative contributions of person-job and person-organization fit. American Review of Public Administration, DOI: 10.1177/0275074015617547, 1-21

Loon, N.M. van, Vandenabeele, W.V., Leisink, P.L.M. 2015. The bright and dark side of PSM: on the relationship between PSM, job impact and wellbeing. Public Money and Management, 35(5): 349-356.

Weske, U., Leisink, P.L.M. & Knies, E. (2014) Local government austerity policies in the Netherlands: the effectiveness of social dialogue in preserving public service employment, Transfer European Review of Labour and Research, 20 (3): 403-416.

Loon, N.M., P.L.M. Leisink & W.V. Vandenabeele (2013), Talking the talk of public service motivation: How public organization logics matter for employees’ expressions of PSM, International Journal of Public Administration, 36 (14): 1007-1019.

Completed projects

Project:

Refining Public Service Motivation Theory: The Mediating Roles of Person-Job and Person-Organization Fits in Individual Performance01.02.2011to31.01.2015

General project description

Public service motivation (PSM), the motivation to serve the public good, is an important factor in the performance of public organizations. However, the relationship between an individual’s PSM and performance is unclear. Moreover, the importance of PSM for the various occupational groups in the public sector is also uncertain. We propose to study whether person-job and person-organization fits mediate the relationship between PSM and performance for several occupational groups in the public sector. The proposed study aims at filling gaps in the knowledge on the relationship between PSM and performance. A quantitative research design is proposed to test hypotheses.

Lopende onderzoeksprojecten: overbodige bureaucratie/duurzame inzetbaarheid van ziekenhuispersoneel/ managing social issues/social dialogue and the public services in the aftermath of the economic crisis